Absolutely. The hardest lesson to learn in a creative life is to recognize that learning doesn't take sides. Even knuckleheads teach. They can teach us in a useful negative way, by showing us the bright light of what to avoid, what one should never attempt or do creatively. But there are those disturbing moments when the universe slaps you upside your silly head and gives an idiot a burning moment of creative revelation. Scary moments for they don't always know what they do.
I had a old high school football coach who taught an uninspired film class which mostly accommodated his need to snooze in a darkened room. He was truly a challenged individual and needless to say a waste of teaching flesh but he did display the first independent animated short film I had ever had the pleasure to see. This nightmare of a educator gave me the first breath of creative fresh air and forever changed my life. I am forever YIKED, bamboozled, and grateful.
So pay attention to the curveballs this universe so skillfully drills at your unexpecting head.
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Hey, Gav- Do you happen to remember what that first animated film was? I'm curious!
ReplyDeleteIt was Frank Film (which won the Oscar) and a clay film by Eli Noyes. I don't remember the title. There were other live action films as well, he had to fill up an hour of napping.
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